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"B. Richardson
1934 8
General Account
rats nest. The traps
were built with bacon and
oat meal. Caught on
Peromyscus truei
galleti in the brush trail
sit.
The weather conditions were
clear all night and rather
cold although it had been raining
the latter part of the previous
day.
Feb 4 Strawberry Canyon
Berkeley, Alameda Co. Calif.
In our field study several
Microtus californicus in their
burrows. Out of the class
of approximately 50 students
each of which were digging
and tearing out Microtus
mammals and burrows for
4 hours, only 4 rats with
young were obtained. Several
subadult specimens were
obtained from the burrow
system as well as several